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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #1 on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 20:38:23 » |
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A whole £6 per year. Revolt!
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #2 on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 21:09:30 » |
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It will be £150 in a few years though.
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« Reply #3 on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 21:11:15 » |
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Correct...its there starter for ten.
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Nemo
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« Reply #4 on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 21:13:31 » |
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Well, no doubt that solves our economic woes, a £6 a year tax.
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« Reply #5 on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 21:15:25 » |
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Cant Pay Wont Pay!
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« Reply #6 on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 21:16:28 » |
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Its alot of money Nemo...most households have it now...thats alot of six Squids.
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« Reply #7 on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 21:22:47 » |
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It's not a tax on broadband, it's a tax on fixed phone lines to help pay for broadband in areas that don't have it.
Complete and utter bollocks if you ask me. I live in a town and already have broadband, why should I have to pay so those that live in rural / remote areas can get it? If they want it they can either move somewhere more practical or pay for it themselves.
Not going to affect me though, if it happens I'll just get rid of my home phone line - I only use it once in a blue moon for outgoing calls to 0845 numbers. I imagine a lot of people will do the same.
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Nemo
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« Reply #8 on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 21:27:57 » |
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Its alot of money Nemo...most households have it now...thats alot of six Squids.
Considering the interest on our massive national debt alone is predicted in the Government's own figures to be £60bn a year by 2014, we're going to need a whole lot more six Squids. About 10 billion of them actually, I'm guessing that's slightly more than the number of UK households. This is pissing in the wind. |
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« Reply #9 on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 21:32:35 » |
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It's not a tax on broadband, it's a tax on fixed phone lines to help pay for broadband in areas that don't have it.
Complete and utter bollocks if you ask me. I live in a town and already have broadband, why should I have to pay so those that live in rural / remote areas can get it? If they want it they can either move somewhere more practical or pay for it themselves.
Not going to affect me though, if it happens I'll just get rid of my home phone line - I only use it once in a blue moon for outgoing calls to 0845 numbers. I imagine a lot of people will do the same.
some of us like living in the countryside. fuck, i don't even live somewhere that remote. but it's ok cos your taxes pay for me to do fuck all and get paid for it :-) |
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jayohaitchenn
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« Reply #10 on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 22:05:45 » |
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I'm all for it. I've never had a house phone  |
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« Reply #11 on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 22:28:45 » |
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It's not a tax on broadband, it's a tax on fixed phone lines to help pay for broadband in areas that don't have it.
Complete and utter bollocks if you ask me. I live in a town and already have broadband, why should I have to pay so those that live in rural / remote areas can get it? If they want it they can either move somewhere more practical or pay for it themselves.
Not going to affect me though, if it happens I'll just get rid of my home phone line - I only use it once in a blue moon for outgoing calls to 0845 numbers. I imagine a lot of people will do the same.
I think that the internet is important enough now to help out more isolated areas in getting it. It's important that when the freemarket model breaks down that the government makes sure that the individuals left behind on important services are still provided for. |
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« Reply #12 on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 22:32:52 » |
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I give up.................actually I gave up a long time ago  |
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« Reply #13 on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 23:31:01 » |
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I think that the internet is important enough now to help out more isolated areas in getting it. It's important that when the freemarket model breaks down that the government makes sure that the individuals left behind on important services are still provided for.
They already have broadband, this is all about getting them up to a minimum 2Mbs connection - so its not like they're going without the internet, it will just be a bit slow. |
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« Reply #14 on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 23:52:36 » |
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They already have broadband, this is all about getting them up to a minimum 2Mbs connection - so its not like they're going without the internet, it will just be a bit slow.
I think a 2Mbs (at least) should be provided nationwide by the government. If you want faster then you can pay one of the private companies. Combine that with a government sponsored laptop providing service would be brilliant. |
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